Tray holder or support.



R. DRAKE.

TRAY HOLDER 0R SUPPOR'L,

APPLICATION FILED MAY 24, m5.

1 %.,1. Patented Oct. 31,1916.

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Application filed May 24, 1915.

To cilia/ .0m it may concern Be it known that I, RICHARD DRAKE, acitizen of the United States, residing at Racine, in the county ofRacine and tit-ate of Wisconsin, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Tray Holders or Supports, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to a tray holder or support, and one of itsobjects is to provide a device for supporting an ash receptacle or therkind of tray, whereby the tray may be supported in an upright positionupon a horizontal surface or clamped to the edge of a table, chair orother article.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of thecharacter described which is adapted for many and various uses insupporting or clamping trays or receptacles of different kinds, andwhich may be employed without injury to article of furniture to which itmay be applied.

A still further object of the invention is to provide an article of thecharacter described which, when employed as a smokers article, may serveas a support or clamp for an ash tray as well as a match holder.

The invention consists of the features of construction, combination andarrangement of parts herein fully described and claimed, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawing in which1- Figure 1 is a side elevationof the device as arranged to rest upon a table or other loop 4:, wherebythe opposite ends 5 and (S of the respective arms are adapted to serveas spring clamping members. The arms 2 may support a tray or receptacle7 of any suitable character. In the present instance I have shown a trayof the type adapted for use as an ash receiver and carrying a cigarsupporting shelf 8, but the receptacle may be employed for holdingbonbons, manicure or sewing articles, or other articles designed for usefor any intended purpose. When the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented (Pct. 31, 1915.

Serial No. 30,130.

device is employed in a smokers article of the character defined, or forany analogous purpose where matches are used, 1 may provide upon theportion a of the device a spring clip 9 of the kind commonly em ployedfor holding a box of safety matches.

Secured to and depending from the jaw (5 or free end of the arm 3 aresupporting legs 10 or their equivalent, which are carried by a cross bar11 brazed or soldered to the arm 3, and which forms the bearing surfaceof the ('3. This surface and the cooperating portion of the jaw 5 may beprovided with layers of a soft material 12, such as felt, by whichinjury to the portions of furniture or other articles gripped betweenthe jaws may be prevented.

It will be observed that the lower end of the clip 9 terminates in theplane of the base of the curved supporting arm 3 and the lower ends ofthe legs 10, whereby said clip may serve as an additional leg or supportwhen occasion requires.

As shown in Fig. 1, the device may be rested upon a table or otherhorizontal support, the lower portion of the loop a and the legs 10,which terminate in the same horizontal plane, providing effectivesupporting members at the opposite ends of the device by means of whichit may be stably supported. The device may also be clamped to theprojecting edge of a table top, or the seat or arm of a chair, as shownin Fig. 2. so that it may be applied in a variety of positions and tovarious articles where it may be conveniently used.

As stated, the mode of use of the device, or the purpose for which it isintended, may be varied, and hence I do not limit the invention in thisparticular.

I claim A tray holder or support comprising a spring strip bent intolooped. form to provide an upper, straight horizontally extending arm, alower compoundly curved arm extending at an angle toward one of the endsof the horizontal arm, and a looped spring portion connecting said lowerarm with the other end of said horizontal arm, the free ends of therespective arms being provided with clamping surfaces to form coactingjaws, the curved arm having a curved portion of major depth arranged toform a supportlng surface, a supporting member carried by the bightportlon of the loop and 7 plane of said supporting surface and sup- Intestimony whereof I affix my signature 1n presence or two witnesses.

RICHARD DRAKE.

Vitnesses L. H. RowLANns,

porting member. T. R. WILLIAMS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

. Washington, D. 0.

